The Worthington advance., 1887-12-22
THE g. A. Il. DINNER.

days in fact, equal to the happiest
Christmas days multiplied by Heaven.
THE g. A. X. DINNER.
A Big Time for the Boys and Girls
'1oo Full for Utterance''-One Dinner
and 1soo Hundred Diners.
Saturday last was big day for the
G. A. r. Posts and w. r. Corps of
Worthington and Adrian. Pursuant
to announcement In several previous
issues Of the ADVANCE, a dinner for
Stoddard Post aud Relief Corps, to
which Nathaniel Lyon Post and Relief
Corps, Of Adrian, were invited,
was given at g. A. Il. Hall, be-
ginning at l O'Clock. About thirty.live
members Of the Adrian Post and Relief
Corps were present, and the Adrian
boys and girls got square meal this
time, if they never did before. Some
200 persons in all partook Of the boun-
tiful dinner, and it reminded US of the
early days of 1872 and 1873, when
Thanksgiving dinners were given at
Miller Hall for the whole county, and
when the people Of the town and coun-
ty actually came together in q friendly,
hearty, democratic way, and took din
ner together.
Space will not allow US to give the
bill of fare. nor all that was said by
the 200 present, but the tables were
loaded with all that stomach could
wish. In short. the stomachs of the
old soldiers and their ''girls'' were
heaped full and running over. while
their hearts were filled to overAowing
with hearty social time.
After dinner came the toasts and re-
sponses. Commander.el L. NJ.
Lange presided as toast master in his
usual felicitous way. as he read the
following toasts and called upon the
several ''foredoomed' individuals to
respond:
Welcoming address by Commander
]. A. Town.
ToAsTs.
The G. A. r. and the Woman's Relief
Corps. May they continue to work
in unison and with undiminished de.
votion to their joint profession of
faith, fraternity, charity and loyalty.
Response by Rev. E. II. Lathrop.
Chaplain of the Post.
The Women's Relief Corps of Adrian.
Response by Mrs. VIM. Travis, Pres
ideDt of the Corps.
Nathaniel Lyon Post of Adrian. Re-
sponse by T. J. Mcknight, Comman-
der of Post.
Our Local Press, always ready to fur
ther the interests of our Post and
Corps. Response by the ADVANCE
editor.
The Ladies. Response by n. V. Mo.
! Dowell, Officer of the Day.
The. Drevet Member of Nathaniel Lyon
W. r. q. Invisible in war, fearless
in peace, and fearless in the hearts of
his country women. Response by l..
8. Nelson, Of Adrian.
Stoddard Relief Corps. Response by
the President. Mrs. J. A. Town.
Our first storm was October ed. and
our second one November %. At this
rate the next one will be due about the
holidays.-ADvANCE, Dec. 1st.
Promptly enough, it got here Mon
day night, the 10th. and continued dur.
ing the 2lst and 22d. 1t was q light
blizzard, with a little more snow fall
than attended the previous storms, but
not enough to interfere with trains to
any extent on the main line. On the
W. & S. F., the Mitchell train Tuesday
night stuck this side OF Mitchell, and
is still out. The Sioux Falls traius
were not materially. interfered with.
The storm was general over Dakota,
Minnesota and Iowa. Here the mer-
curry showed about zero, while at
Mitchell, Dak., it was reported AS low
as Is below.
This morning it is bright and clear,
and the various thermometers report
from 10 to l6 below zero.
The question raised in our last issue
by a correspondent as to the relative
price Of wheat at Worthington and
Adrian. has called out some facts SIM
liar to those given by the Ellsworth
News. We are Informed of one party
who took load of 10 sacks to Adrian
and then load Of 10 sacks to. Worth
ington. lie wss allowed 100 lbs. more
at Worthington than at Adrian.
+ Vorthington being on the main line
and on the Burlington, ought to pay as
much for grain as Adrian which is on
the branch.
Il. D. Barber has made his usual fall
reduction upon all Wall Papers, Bor-
ders, and Decorations and is now SELL
ing cheaper than paper ever was sold
In the county before. Call and be con-
vinced. lott
The New York Church Union prints
a holiday edition Of $1,000 copies. A
few VaAra a0o II had IN odifion of IN